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Impact of camel transportation on pastoralist livelihoods in Ethiopia: Findings from Berahle woreda, Afar Regional State
… This is one of a series of reports synthesising the~findings of field research conducted by masters’~degree students at Ethiopian universities … production~to the national economy. The students developed~the research to complement their degree studies,~with support from the …
Publication, 01 April 2015
The Las Trancas Valley in Chile, November 2014 (Photo: UICN / Marcelo Vildósola Garrigó)
EbA Evidence and Policy: Chile
… November 2016 with national and local government agencies, as well as research partner the  Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) , to gather lessons learnt through the EPIC project on … throughout the EbA Evidence and Policy project's three components – research, capacity building and policy advocacy – has resulted in …
Project, 21 February 2018
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Grounding post-2015 frameworks in bottom-up action learning
… across wide-ranging social, economic and political contexts. Yet the research informing the post-2015 agenda gives little attention to … past experience and current contexts and capacities. The Independent Research Forum on a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda (IRF2015) offers a preliminary agenda to fill this research gap. By employing participatory ‘action learning’ approaches, …
Publication, 01 February 2014
A fishing settlement in Bandar Lampung city, Indonesia
Strengthening knowledge on urban climate resilience
… cities resilient. We also work with researchers to make sure that research is linked with policy, to make sure that research findings can more easily reach those who are placed to act on … that can inform policy decisions and actions. There is a wealth of research findings of local, national and international relevance. IIED …
Project, 29 July 2014
Women selling bananas in a street market (Photo: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Creative Commons via Flickr)
RurbanAfrica
… could be managed and shared. All this depended on integrating policy research, on policy dialogue, on knowledge sharing and on empirical research. The project challenged a number of generally accepted 'truths' … board, again with members from European and sub-Saharan African research institutions. …
Project, 30 March 2015
A dam
FutureDAMS
… and benefits of large dams. IIED is a key partner in the FutureDAMS research project , led by the University of Manchester, which is working … management team. The institute is mainly involved in two areas of research work: Social impacts of large dams: understanding good …
Project, 09 January 2020
Saleemul Huq called COP not fit-for-purpose during his opening speech on the second day of D&C Days (Photo: Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Local voice must take pride of place: D&C calls for 'inside-out COP'
… Discussions from the two-day workshop also pointed to the role of the research community in achieving adaptation ambitions by making research that informs adaptation action more relevant and … into the 'information push trap' – carrying out and disseminating research without using local voices as their guide. Listening to local …
News, 13 November 2016
Our annual report highlights pathways to change (Photo: Olivier Girard/CIFOR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED Annual Report 2017/18
… 90 representatives from government, companies, investment agencies, research and civil society organisations. This facilitated and frank … the negotiations through our direct support. Impact pathway 3: Research to policy Working with local actors and partner organisations … the capacity of humanitarian actors operating in urban areas. IIED research has identified  three approaches to improve effectiveness . The …
Page, 24 October 2018
An Indonesia market trader stands at his stall while women customers look at the food on sale
Dietary indicators need overhauling, food diary study finds
… no whole food and are considered to contribute to obesity. The SD4ALL research in Indonesia showed that 51% of adults, 71% of children aged … agency perspective that challenges this expert-driven approach to research. Self-administered food diaries are a step forward, offering a …
Insight, 15 October 2019
A group of women laugh and smile as they stand and dip their hands into two large buckets on a table
Financial summary 2020
… to 133 (2019:130), with further expansion in the institute's research activity. As the mix of programmes changed, payments to … office in Edinburgh to support continued careful expansion of its research programmes, and moved to the new building in August 2019. … in other organisations IIED works with as a normal part of its research activities. Where such work involves payment, they enter into …
Page, 20 December 2020